Coaching for Systems and Teacher Change

This professional reference is designed for coaches, educator teams, and administrators in PreK-12th grade school settings. The defining features of the coaching framework are: alliance building, observation, modeling, and providing performance feedback. The authors discuss coaching for both improved educator practice and systems change, resulting in a synthesis of relevant research combined with hands on guidance and resources for planning, conducting, and evaluating the quality of coaching. The proposed book includes coaching scenarios with activities and case examples as the authors provide guidance about how, when, and why one should provide coaching.